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Sep
9
Mon
The Art of Bright Leadership @ Sou'wester Lodge and Vintage Travel Trailer Resort
Sep 9 @ 5:00 pm – Sep 12 @ 11:00 am
Summer 2019 Wellness Retreat Series

The Art of Bright Leadership

with Gracie Koester

CANCELLED

 

Whether leading your own micro-biz, a crew, an organization, or just participating fully as an engaged team member–your work is to contribute your unique, powerful gifts and co-create conditions for others to do the same. The impact ripples across not only work, but life. You become both strong and fluid in leadership; adapting to change and enacting your vision. The results of Bright Leadership are thriving, joy, satisfaction, growth, and creativity.

This retreat will connect you to your core commitments, illuminate new ways to lead with ease and impact, and equip you with tools to reach greater reward. We will uncover your Highest Purpose, and draw lessons from Aikido and the roots of our humanness. We will hone your skills in seeing your ecosystem and optimizing the exchanges within, and channel your vision into inspiring goals with actionable, measurable metrics. You will emerge shining more brightly, doing more of your best work, and extending value and joy in your ecosystem. 

  • Connecting to our roots as biological beings
  • Honing in on your Highest Purpose
  • Identifying dimming cycles
  • Setting inspiring & motivating objectives
  • Working with an agile mindset
  • Lessons from Aikido, yoga and meditation

 

Gracie Koester is a Business Geographer dedicated to helping individuals, organizations, and communities generate greater impact and reward. Trained to see in layers and interconnections, she has a knack for making the complex simple. She works individually and system-wide to connect dots–uncovering new insights and pathways to success. 

Ecosystem thinking and agile strategy are central components of Gracie’s work, integrating a people-centered approach with a strong focus on metrics. She combines big picture thinking and attention to detail to help leaders and organizations design and implement nimble, powerful strategy and generate thriving cultures. The results enhance that sweet spot of productivity & creativity: brighter ideas, brighter work, brighter people.

Gracie is an experienced facilitator, speaker, listener, and consultant. She brings a decade-plus of experience coaching and consulting in the realms of agility, strategy, leadership, and team performance. Gracie has worked across industries, including healthcare, design, advertising, tech, retail, construction, and social impact.

At her core, Gracie is a lifelong learner. She holds a BA from Macalester, and has trained in Ecosystem Intelligence, The Master Moves, Leadership Embodiment, and Generative Leadership. She resides in Portland, OR.

 

SCHEDULE :

MONDAY

4pm  arrive, settle in

5pm

Welcome; an invitation to Brighten

Agile warmups & new connections

Setting focus for the retreat

7pm  dinner

TUESDAY

10am-1pm

Connecting to our roots as biological beings

Honing in on your Highest Purpose

Embodiment practice; lessons from Aikido

1-4pm

Lunch & reflection & self-guided rejuvenation

4-5:30pm

Identifying dimming cycles

Seeing and flowing in ecosystems

Illuminating exchanges

6pm

Highest Purpose meditation with Adrian

7pm  dinner

WEDNESDAY

9-10am

Trio conversations & exchange

10-11am

Yoga w Adrian

11-12:30pm

Setting ‘Moonshots’ (inspiring & motivating Objectives)

Measuring with metrics that matter

12:30-3:30pm

Lunch & reflection & self-guided rejuvenation

3:30-5:30pm

Commitments as a listening act

Agile mindset & embodiment practices

5:30pm  spa time

7pm  dinner

THURSDAY

9-10am

Gratitude & Inventing the future

Commitments to Brighten

 


BEGINS: Monday at 5pm

ENDS: Thursday at 11am

COST: $300, plus lodging ($200 deposit reserves your space and is credited towards your total)

BRING: A notebook and pen, a comfy cushion and/or blanket for sitting, & a yoga mat, if you have one

BOOK ONLINE by clicking BOOK NOW (at top of page), enter the date range and the access code BRIGHT

*For SHARED LODGING OPTIONS please contact souwesterwellness@gmail.com


The Sou’wester Lodge at 3728 J Place, Seaview, WA 98644

 

This class is part of the Summer 2019 Wellness Retreat Series. All classes are open to the public and all skill levels welcome.

Visit www.souwesterlodge.com/wellness/retreats to see the full schedule of retreats.

 

 

 

Sep
29
Sun
Expansive Alignment: Committing to Your Vision @ Sou'wester Lodge and Vintage Travel Trailer Resort
Sep 29 @ 4:00 pm – Oct 2 @ 12:00 pm
Summer 2019 Wellness Retreat Series

Expansive Alignment: Committing to Your Vision

with Renee Sills

 

Just one week after the Autumn Equinox and supported by the auspicious beginning of a waxing crescent moon in Libra, we’ll gather together for an immersive exploration of Embodied Astrology and the personal and collective potentials of Jupiter’s upcoming transit through Capricorn.

Jupiter in Capricorn (December 2019 – December 2020) is an invitation to trust the future by actively shaping it. In astrology, Jupiter is a planet associated with optimism, good-fortune, vision, life purpose, broadening perspectives/horizons, philosophy, self-improvement and positive consciousness. Capricorn is a sign that helps us all to materialize on the earthly plane, confront and move through obstacles, grow stronger through challenges we face and manifest our ambitions. Jupiter’s transit through Capricorn happens once every twelve years, but in 2020 this transit will combine with several other long-term influences making it an important, and potentially pivotal time for personal and collective healing, transformation and development.

Regardless of your sun sign, each person’s natal chart includes Jupiter and Capricorn as active and important influences. Working with your own natal placements allows you to understand how this upcoming transit will affect you specifically and will give you clues, tools and timing for working most effectively with its challenges and opportunities.

This unique retreat combines astrological method and how-to, movement, meditation, somatic healing practices, and creative, intuitive journeying. You will:

  • Learn practical skills for astrological chart analysis and gain a deep understanding of how Jupiter and Capricorn work in your natal chart.
  • Be guided through intuitive and accessible mind/body explorations that will help reveal, clarify and synthesize your personal vision and life purpose, creative offerings and soul-commitments.
  • Craft a personal manifestation design for the next year that works most effectively with the exciting and powerful astrology of 2020 and Jupiter’s transit through Capricorn.
  • Enjoy a healing and regenerative retreat with a fun group of vibrant individuals on the beautiful Washington coast at a one-of-a-kind, female/queer-owned and operated retreat center where you can walk/cycle on the beach, use the Finnish Sauna, peruse the art gallery and pause in the wellness space!

 

Renee Sills is a multidisciplinary artist, consulting astrologer and embodiment coach/guide. She has worked with hundreds of clients and students worldwide who appreciate her unique insight and effective guidance. She specializes in crafting strategies for counter-culture success with artists, activists, makers, movers and visionary entrepreneurs. She offers astrology, embodiment and creativity as tools for cultivating and maintaining liberatory relationships, (re)generative occupations/vocation, and living in alignment with purpose, passion and integrated authenticity.

Renee is the author and producer of the Embodied Astrology podcast. She comes from a lineage of astrologers and intuitives. She has studied astrology in-depth for over 20 years and continues to train under experienced mentors. She has taught yoga and other movement forms for 15 years and holds several certificates in bodywork and energy healing. She has a BFA in Intermedia and CyberArts and an MFA in Art & Social Practice. She resides in Portland, OR.

 

SCHEDULE (subject to slight changes):

 

SUNDAY

3pm: Arrival and check-in

5 – 5:30pm:  Welcome drinks and snacks

5:30 – 7pm:  Opening talk, introductions and intention-setting for our work together in the retreat

7:30pm: Dinner at the Pickled Fish (optional, cost not included in retreat package) + sauna and free time

MONDAY

9:30 – 10am: Juice Flight Wellness Offering 

10am-1pm: Embodying Your Vision – Exploring Jupiter’s astrological symbolism through meditation, movement, art and writing

1 – 4pm: Lunch and free time

4 – 7pm: Interpreting Jupiter in your chart: Understand how Jupiter works for you through its sign and house placements, disposter and planetary aspects

7pm onwards: Dinner on your own + sauna and free time

TUESDAY

9:30 – 10am: Complimentary coffee and tea

10am – 1pm: Clarifying Your Commitment – Exploring Capricorn’s astrological symbolism  through meditation, movement, art and writing

1 – 4pm: Lunch and free time

4 – 5:30pm: Interpreting Capricorn in your chart: Understand how Capricorn works in your chart through its house rulership, natal planets and angles in Capricorn and Saturn’s placement

5:30 – 7pm: Synthesis – Interpreting Jupiter’s transit through Capricorn for your chart

7:30pm:  Catered Dinner and evening lecture on important dates for Jupiter’s transit through Capricorn

9pm onwards: Sauna and free time

WEDNESDAY

9 – 9:30am: Complimentary coffee and tea

9:30 – 11am: Commitment to Vision – Embodiment practice and ritual

11am – 12pm: Prepare to depart (checkout at 12pm)

 


BEGINS: Sunday at 5pm

ENDS: Wednesday at 11am

RETREAT FEE: $250

**7 spaces are open to Sliding Scale, and are reserved for QTLGB+ and BIPOC only**

Sliding Scale suggestion: 

$50-100 (greatest need)

$100-200 (mid need)

$200-300 (low need)

*If interested in Sliding Scale, please contact souwesterwellness@gmail.com

LODGING costs are separate from retreat fee. This is a nightly rate, individual to each room. Please see below how to book direct online.

DEPOSIT: $200 deposit reserves your space and is credited towards your total

BRING: Journal and pen/pencil, comfy cushion and/or blanket for sitting and a water bottle. Wear comfortable clothing

BOOK ONLINE by clicking BOOK NOW (at top of page), enter the date range and the access code ALIGN

*For SHARED LODGING OPTIONS please contact souwesterwellness@gmail.com


The Sou’wester Lodge at 3728 J Place, Seaview, WA 98644

 

This class is part of the Summer 2019 Wellness Retreat Series. All classes are open to the public and all skill levels welcome.

Visit www.souwesterlodge.com/wellness/retreats to see the full schedule of retreats.

 

 

Dec
6
Fri
The Crucible: Feminist Art Weekend
Dec 6 – Dec 8 all-day

 

The Crucible: Feminist Art Weekend

A weekend of creative practice and feminist community, the Crucible makes space to write, read, draw, question, meditate, brainstorm, collaborate, support other women’s work, and replenish your artistic energy. Bring a project that’s already underway or start something totally new. We will offer “spark sessions” with writing prompts and discussion of creative process; there will also be dedicated time for participants to work independently. Our schedule includes communal potluck dinners and a public reading/music performance on Saturday evening. Also: naps, beach walks, sauna time, and tea by the fire.


Facilitators

Sophia Shalmiyev and Leni Zumas

 

 

Sophia Shalmiyev is the author of the memoir Mother Winter. She emigrated from Leningrad to United States in 1990. She lives in Portland with her two children.
sophiashalmiyev.com

 

 

Leni Zumas’s most recent novel is Red Clocks, which won the 2019 Oregon Book Award for Fiction. She directs the MFA in Creative Writing program at Portland State University.
lenizumas.com


December 6-8, 2019

Arrive 4:00 pm on Friday 12/6
Depart 11:00 am on Sunday 12/8

Limited to 20 participants.

Participants pay for their own lodging (2 nights) at a 20% discount.

There is no additional charge for Crucible events.

RSVP: souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or call 360-642-2542 between 9am-9pm and mention that you would like the 20% discount available to CRUCIBLE participants.

 

Feb
28
Fri
Steady & Clear: Kundalini Yoga & Meditation @ Sou'wester Lodge and Vintage Travel Trailer Resort
Feb 28 @ 6:00 pm – Mar 1 @ 12:00 pm
Winter/Spring 2020 Wellness Retreat Series

Steady & Clear:

Kundalini Yoga and Meditation for the Flow of
Your Life

with Laurel Clohessy

 

This retreat is an opportunity to immerse yourself in the joy, transformation, and rejuvenation of Kundalini Yoga, sacred chant, and creativity as you discover and return to the HOME that is your true self. Whether you are an experienced yogi, or this is your first time practicing Kundalini Yoga, you can benefit from this practice. Kundalini Yoga and meditation, as taught by Yogi Bhajan is for anyone and everyone. Just breathe, and lean in the right direction and you too will benefit! The best way to know it, is by doing it-so we will experience basic pranayam or breathwork, kriyas or yogic sets, meditations, and mantras that can become a part of your own daily toolbox. Tools to release stress, to unlock creativity, and be your best YOU. Kundalini yoga is often called “the yoga of awareness,” as it is a journey of self-mastery and one that activates all the systems of the body.

 

 

We will enjoy the blessings of community-in a few group meditations and exercises, as well as the natural world-taking time by the ocean to practice a walking meditation. There will be a couple of brief writing and art exercises explored post-yoga sets as a tool for self-reflection and awareness. In this weekend retreat, you will get to know the other participants as we share in community. This will also be a time to slow down and listen to yourself in the beauty of the setting on the Washington Penninsula. There will be free time to explore, soak, relax, and enjoy on your own. All parts of the retreat classes are by choice-if you need to rest or skip anything that is just fine. You will leave with handouts and a personal recipe for your own personal practice, as well as a group 40-day sadhana to continue after if you choose.

Kundalini Yoga is a tool to experience your birthright to happiness and greatness as the human being that you are. “Great challenges come to Great people.” -YB

I hope to see you there! Sat Nam

 

Laurel Clohessy (Deshpal Kaur) grew up with Kundalini Yoga sprinkled throughout her early childhood. She returned to the arms of this practice following the birth of her oldest son. In 2005 Laurel studied with Gurmukh to become a certified Khalsa Way Prenatal teacher. In 2007, she completed the Radiant Child teacher training with Shakta Kaur, and in 2014 Laurel completed her Level 1 KYTT with Sevak Singh Khalsa. She has loved bringing these healing teachings to humans of all ages through the years in Montessori schools, University, birth centers, detention centers, and studios. Laurel is a Cornerstone Childbirth Educator, mother to two boys, educator, and lover of all things ginger. Laurel often incorporates poetry and dance movement into her all-levels classes. It is her joy to share these teachings with others, and she sees the powerful practice of Kundalini Yoga as a compass that can always point us forward, as well as return us to the happiest, truest Self. Laurel teaches currently in Portland, Oregon and is a transplant from Flagstaff, AZ.

SCHEDULE: (subject to change)

FRIDAY

6-7pm

  • Check-in, logistics, welcome circle

SATURDAY

9am-12pm

  • Morning Kundalini Yoga and Meditation
  • Discussion-Sadhana/Developing Personal Practice/Morning Self-Care
  • Meditation & Mantra, Reflective Dialogue Practice

Lunch Break and Free to BE Time

2-5pm

  • Tune-In, Yogi Bhajan Short video 
  • Yoga with Self-Awareness Art/Drawing exercise
  • Dance Movement

Dinner Break and Free to BE Time

7-8:00pm      

  • Gong & Sound Relaxation. Goodnight

SUNDAY

4:45-6:45am

  • Aquarian Sadhana

8:30-10am

  • Walk to the beach
  • Group meditation
  • Closing circle/Farewell

 


BEGINS: Friday at 6pm

ENDS: Sunday at 10am

COST: $120 / Lodging separate

BRING: Comfortable clothing to move, Yoga mat (if do not have-there will be a few to loan) and cushion, walking shoes, towel or blanket to sit on at the beach, water bottle, journal or notebook and pen.

BOOK ONLINE by clicking BOOK NOW, enter the date range and the “promo code” STEADY

 


The Sou’wester Lodge at 3728 J Place, Seaview, WA 98644

 

Apr
1
Wed
INNER SPACE: Shamanic Hypnosis, Gathering Resources for Inner Healing @ Sou'wester Lodge and Vintage Travel Trailer Resort
Apr 1 @ 4:00 pm – Apr 3 @ 11:00 am

Spring 2020 Wellness Retreat Series

 

CANCELLED

INNER SPACE:

Shamanic Hypnosis / Gathering Resources for Inner Healing

with Mali Drexelius 

 

This retreat will explore tools that can help us to navigate the subconscious mind and our innate ability to self-heal. We will be learning practices from shamanic, hypnotherapy, and sound healing modalities to allow us to move into different states of consciousness. In these altered states, we can make beneficial changes, get in touch with our highest wisdom, and clear old belief systems and patterns that are no longer serving us. During the workshop, we will meet with some of your healing guides, as well as be learning practices for deepening our connection with spirit and our inner knowing. Breakfast will be provided Thursday and Friday, as well as dinner Thursday evening.

 

 

Mali Drexelius stumbled into the mysterious world of shamanism in 2010, when she was seeking help for anxiety and depression that had plagued her for years. She was surprised to find that it helped immensely, and so embarked on a long journey to train and study under many gifted healers, offering perspectives and techniques from many traditions. A later search led to a different, yet similarly framed processes found in Western culture — Clinical Hypnotherapy and Neuro-Linguistic Repatterning. The synthesis of these different schools of thought have allowed for a reconcile between the profound metaphysical experiences with her inclination towards science, reason, and the biology of brain and body.

At current, Mali has been blessed with the opportunity to teach and see clients both privately and in groups, with the understanding that she is always a student. It is her hope to pass along the knowledge and resources she’s collected along the way so others may also find access to their own innate healing and self-care. It is her intention to always have a beginners mind, to follow an inner guidance, and to honor and adapt these ancient techniques to deepen our understanding of consciousness for ourselves and our planet.

 

WEDNESDAY

4-6pm

  • Check in/get settled

6-7pm

  • Meet and Greet with snacks

7-9pm

  • KAVA Ceremony and Calling in the Spirits & Introduction to working with allies and self-hypnosis

THURSDAY

9-10am

  • Spirit Plate, Simple Breakfast provided

10:30am-1:30pm

  • Learning to Journey
  • Guided Meditations/ breath work
  • Meeting your allies Ritual for Intention

1:30-5pm BREAK TIME

Feel free to grab lunch nearby, or bring something for yourself to snack on. Also free time to sauna, go to the beach, rest, or request private shamanic session, etc.

5:30 Prayer ties and flower mandala ceremony

7:00-8:30pm DINNER

  • Dinner will be provided and will be created to ensure that everyone can partake! (Please send us a list of allergies and food preferences!)
  • If you feel called to bring a dish, salad, or donation for food, it will be graciously accepted.

8:30pm

  • Burning our prayer ties and calling in ceremony on the beach nearby!

FRIDAY

9-11am Simple Breakfast

  • Including tea, closing ceremony and goodbyes

12:00pm Check out

 

COST: $165 / Lodging separate

BRING: A journal, comfortable clothes for the weekend, and any instruments, rattles, drums, chimes, etc that may call to you if you wish to make sound with. You may also choose to bring extra blankets for the beach and/or to be cozy during our sessions. Please bring anything else that may help you be more comfortable in the Pavilion space…pillows, meditation cushions, layers for clothing etc.

We will be outside on the last evening, so be sure to bring coastal weather gear. We will have some meals, but please bring some snacks if you feel called to satiate you during the weekend. Please let us know ahead of time any food allergies or food preferences so we can plan our meals accordingly.

BOOK ONLINE by clicking BOOK NOW, enter the date range and the access code 

 


The Sou’wester Lodge at 3728 J Place, Seaview, WA 98644

Visit www.souwesterlodge.com/wellness/retreats to see the full schedule of retreats.

 

May
8
Fri
Inbodiment: Applying Energy Concepts to Release Tension @ Sou'wester Lodge and Vintage Travel Trailer Resort
May 8 @ 6:00 pm – May 10 @ 8:00 pm
Spring 2020 Wellness Retreat Series

Inbodiment: Applying Energy Concepts to Release Tension with Dr Heidi Walrath  

 

What stories are stuck in your body?

The “how to” look, listen and feel within.

led by Intuitive & Clairvoyant healer Dr. Heidi Walrath, DC

Inbodiment: is to inhabit. To bring into focus expressed curiosities and explore the expansivness within your own body’s vibration to gain tangible, sensory awareness of self-body.

This retreat is for those who wish to strengthen their ability to heal thy self.

Dr. Heidi will guide you through activities, movement, breath and meditation techniques that bring you into your body, as she accesses her intuitive and clairvoyant abilities to assist you in gaining firsthand experience with what YOU feel like. Learn how to discover your hidden stories and how to release your own pain and discomfort.

Dr. Heidi, DC BIO has always been curious. Guided by her strong inner voice, she has always listened.  When she was a child she had this feeling in her heart that lead her down the path. She started studying healing arts 20 years ago and fell in love with the idea that the body has many stories and that they could be accessed and healed. Since then, she has studied and explored different modalities receiving a certification in 200-hr Acupressure, an Assoc. degree in Exercise Rehabilitation and Injury Prevention, a Bachelors in Kinesiology & Exercise Physiology and a Doctorate in Chiropractic. She has continued her studies in quantum theory, conscious field work and dug deep into vibrational and tonal approaches through a chiropractic approach called Bio-geometric Integration (BGI) which teaches about the tonal expression through the structural body and how our bodies expressed distorted tension patterns through the whole person. She also continues to study theories on epigenetics, quantum medicine, as is currently practicing in Portland as an intuitive and clairsentient chiropractor who focuses on emotional integration and medical intuitive work.

FRIDAY

6-8pm

  • Meet and Greet.
  • Setting the tone for the workshop.
  • Introductions and discussion about Inbodiment and why it is a powerful approach in self-healing.
  • Participants share any specific health concerns they are experiencing.
  • ACTIVITY grounding and clearing.

SATURDAY

8am-1pm

  • DISCUSSION on body tension, consciousness and stored potential.
  • Guided ACTIVE MEDITATION: Accessing awareness: Where do you exist? Finding hidden layers.
  • DISCUSSION on energy, force dynamics, focus vs allowance.
  • Guided ACTIVE MEDITATION: Giving attention to the volumes & accessing our infinite field.
  • DISCUSSION the Waves of Breath.
  • BREATH ACTIVITY: Breath & your body. How to reach the inside corners.
  • Guided ACTIVE MEDITATION: Connecting to breath, as a vector, with purpose.

LUNCH BREAK

3-6pm

  • DISCUSSION of concepts of awareness, focus and intention
  • MOVEMENT ACTIVITY: Where are you in space? Following vs leading
  • Guided MEDITATION: Body Scanning: where does your awareness lead you? What do you see, feel & observe?
  • ACTIVITY grounding and staying open
  • QUESTIONS on concepts covered

SUNDAY

10am-1pm

  • DISCUSSION: Questions from yesterday.
  • Guided ACTIVE MEDITATION: Breath on purpose, building attention & the meeting of vectors.
  • DISCUSSION: Playing with body energies inside & outside, tension, disconnection, injuries, stored emotions & potential to heal.
  • MOVEMENT activity: Activating body awareness and moving energy.
  • BREATH Exercise: Creating space connecting vectors (purposeful breath & awareness meet intention.
  • MEDITATION creativity and questions

LUNCH BREAK

3-6pm

  • DISCUSSION: Stored Pain- How to change your broken story: does your past still exist once healed?
  • Guided ACTIVE MEDITATION observing your sensations
  • DISCUSSION on energy dynamics. Changing direction, pushing vs pulling
  • Guided ACTIVE MEDITATION: Playing in all directions of moving energy or letting energy move.
    QUESTIONS?
  • BREATH + MEDITATION: Putting it all together.
  • DISCUSSION: Clearing and releasing the story
  • SELF Guided Application: Each person focuses on one component of their body discovery to apply what they learned
  • SHARING and OPEN DISCUSSION
  • CLOSING gratitude share
  • ACTIVITY Releasing energy and being in allowance of change.

BEGINS: Friday at 6pm

ENDS: Sunday at 6pm

COST: $250, plus lodging (20% off)

BRING: Dress comfortably to move, bring a water bottle, and yoga mat if you have one.

This workshop is best for students age 14 and up. 10 students max.

BOOK ONLINE by clicking BOOK NOW, enter the date range and the access code INBODIMENT

*For SHARED LODGING OPTIONS please contact souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or 360-642-2542 between 9am-9pm


The Sou’wester Lodge at 3728 J Place, Seaview, WA 98644

 

This class is part of the Summer 2020 Wellness Retreat Series. All classes are open to the public and all skill levels welcome.

Visit www.souwesterlodge.com/wellness/retreats to see the full schedule of retreats.

 

Aug
12
Wed
Stelth Ulvang: Live Stream presented by Sou’wester Arts @ The Sou'wester
Aug 12 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
 
(Live Stream) Stelth Ulvang at The Sou’wester
Stelth Ulvang is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the touring member of the folk rock band The Lumineers. He is also the co-founder of the Front Range-based band The Dovekins. In February 2015, Ulvang released his debut album And, as Always; the Infinite Cosmos.
** Currently, this is scheduled to not a public event, but a live stream from the outdoor stage at The Sou’wester (weather permitting). If you are a guest staying with us, the show may be audible. *
Sep
5
Sat
Alexis Mahler & Hanna Haas: Live Stream presented by Sou’wester Arts @ The Sou'wester
Sep 5 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

(Live Stream) Alexis Mahler, Hanna Haas at The Sou’wester
 
Alexis Mahler explores her softness through the dark and earthy colors of the cello, a somber strum comforted by delicate lyrics and playful melodies. Her debut EP, Low Moon, innocently reaches for the most tender and heartful listener, while following intricate, moving layers of cello, violin, and distant vocal harmonies that seem to fall exactly where they should.
Hanna Haas is a songwriter drawn to the dance of light and dark. Currently based in Portland Oregon, she has come to call the entire West Coast her home. Hanna describes her music as “contemplative folk,” identifying with artists Nick Drake, Joni Mitchell, and Feist for their alternate tunings and mesmerizing melodies. Inspired by environments in which she has inhabited, Hanna sings of the dramatic landscape of Big Sur, the California sun, and the vast and open Pacific Northwest sky. Hanna loves to engage her audiences in sweet story telling and laughter, leaving her audience in a state of heart-felt introspection.
Hanna has played countless shows in Portland, OR and has become a part of the close knit community of West Coast artists. Hanna recently returned from touring overseas with the music agency Blue House Music which manages artists such as The Shook Twins John Craigie, Marty O’Reilly, Jeffrey Martin, Anna Tivel, and several others. She plans to record an album this Autumn.
 
** Currently, this is scheduled not as a public event, but a live stream from the outdoor stage at The Sou’wester (weather permitting). If you are a guest staying with us, the show may be audible. *
Sep
12
Sat
Ezza Rose: Live Stream presented by Sou’wester Arts @ The Sou'wester
Sep 12 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

 

(Live Stream) Ezza Rose at The Sou’wester
 
About 10 years ago, singer/songwriter Ezza Rose hitchhiked to the Pacific Northwest from Los Angeles, riding with semi-truck drivers the whole journey north. After graduating, Rose decided to make Portland her permanent home.“It seemed like a really accessible town for a creative person to live in,” Rose says.She’s currently getting ready to release her fourth LP, No Means No, which draws inspiration from the disconnect between language and intention. Growing up, Rose says her mother would use contradictory expressions like “no means no” and “sorry isn’t good enough” (which is also the title of a song on the record). These phrases were confusing to her, since one reinforces the power of words while the other implies that sometimes, they aren’t enough to merit forgiveness.In her own life, Rose feels like her words haven’t always been taken seriously. “When we disconnect the meaning from a word, it holds no value anymore and communication is gone,” she explains.No Means No is moodier than Rose’s earlier albums, like 2014’s Poolside and 2015’s When the Water’s Hot, which pull from her bluegrass influences. The driving force of Rose’s music, though, is still her voice, which sounds fit for a smoky jazz lounge.
 
** Currently, this is scheduled not as a public event, but a live stream from the outdoor stage at The Sou’wester (weather permitting). If you are a guest staying with us, the show may be audible. *
Sep
19
Sat
POSTPONED ** Esmé Patterson: Live Stream presented by Sou’wester Arts @ The Sou'wester
Sep 19 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

(POSTPONED) Esmé Patterson at The Sou’wester

Esmé Patterson is songwriter, gambler, singer, lover, thinker and explorer. She began as a member of the Denver Folk Pop septet, Paper Bird, and has written two records as a solo act including All Princes, I and her second and most recent release, Woman to Woman, which is a concept album of responses from female characters in a broad range of well known love songs. The Guardian called it “defiant and witty”, the New York Times found her voice “wiry and candid” with songs that “hint at mystery and mortality”. Audiotree touts “By putting herself in the minds of characters like Jolene, Eleanor Rigby, and Billie Jean, Patterson has crafted a witty, dark, and intimate twist on the popular tracks.” Esmé performs in multiple incarnations. She adds members to raise the volume and cadence of her tunes but remains powerful alone. Patterson is a magnetic performer and has appeared on the Leno, Conan and Letterman programs. Her co-writing with Shakey Graves led to sold out shows nationwide and millions of downloads of their collaborations. Esmé lives in Portland, Oregon, happily small under tall trees.

** Currently, this is scheduled not as a public event, but a live stream from the outdoor stage at The Sou’wester (weather permitting). If you are a guest staying with us, the show may be audible. *